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Georgina Lochrane tackled the 15-mile walk in tribute to the six-year-old, who was murdered on the Isle of Bute last summer, raising hundreds of pounds for the charity which has supported her through her ordeal.

Georgina Lochrane - mother of Alesha MacPhail doing the Kilt Walk

The 24-year-old, from Airdrie, told the Daily Record it was special memories of her daughter in her kilt that made her want to take part.

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She said: “This photograph is a really good memory for me because she was going to do her first Highland parade. To see her standing there in her wee shirt and kilt – it’s just ­beautiful.”

Georgina, also mum to Courtney, five, tackled the ­Kiltwalk with a team from Families and Friends Affected by Murder and Suicide (Fams) yesterday, leaving from ­Clydebank and ending at Moss O Balloch Park, near Loch Lomond. She has so far raised almost £700 for the charity.

Georgina Lochrane - mother of Alesha MacPhail doing the Kilt Walk

Fams co-founder Ann Marie Cocozza said Georgina was an “inspiration”.

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She said: “Fams is truly a unique charity in that every one of our 45 volunteers has been personally affected by murder, suicide, suicidal thoughts or behaviour. Our experience and empathy makes Fams a safe, loving, non-judgemental and confidential place for people like ­Georgina to find peer-support and sanctuary.”

Alesha MacPhail

Alesha’s murderer Aaron Campbell, 16, was sentenced to a minimum term of 27 years in jail last month.